Appendix A LTE acronyms and abbreviations

TMO21026_V2.0-IG-EN-LE5.0-Edition 1

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Numbers 1X

CDMA2000 1X

1X RNC

1X Radio Network Controller

2G

2nd Generation (GSM, TDMA, IS95A)

3G

3rd Generation (CDMA2000, UMTS)

3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

3GPP2

Third Generation Partnership Project 2

4G

4th Generation

A AAA

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

AAT

Average Aggregate Throughput

ACK

Acknowledgement

ACL

Access Control List

ACLR

Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio

ADMF

Administrative Function

AF

Assured Forwarding

AF

Application Function

AGW

Access Gateway

aIMS

Advances to IP Multimedia Services

AKA

Authentication and Key Agreement

ALU

Alcatel-Lucent

AM

Acknowledge Mode

AMBR

Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

AM

Access Manager

AM

Accounting Management

AMC

Advanced Mezzanine Card

AN

Access Network

AN

Access Node

ANDSF

Access Network Discovery and Selection Function Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:2

ANR

Automatic Neighbor Relationship

AP

Application Processor

AP

Application Protocol

APB

Active Phone Book

APN

Access Point Name

AR

Access Router

AR

Aggregation Router

ARP

Allocation and Retention Priority

ARQ

Automatic Repeat Request

AS

Access Stratum

AS

Application Server

ASN.1

Abstract Syntax Notation 1

ASN-GW

Access Service Network Gateway

AT

Access Terminal

ATCA

Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture

ATCA-LCP

Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture – Liquid Cooling Package

AVP

Attribute Value Pair

AWS

Advanced Wireless Services

B BCCH

Broadcast Control Channel

BCH

Broadcast Channel

BE

Best Effort

BHCA

Busy Hour Call Attempts

BHL

Back Haul

BM

Bearer Manager

BM-SC

Broadcast-Multicast Service Center

B-PCF

1X RNC Blade PCF

BRC

Baseband Resources Controller

BS (BTS)

Base Station

BSR

Base Station Router

BSC

Base Station Controller

BTS (BS)

Base Transceiver Station Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:3

C CAC

Call Admission Control

CALEA

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

CAZAC

Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation

CB

Controller Board

CBC

Cell Broadcasting Center

CC

Content of Communication

CC

Cumulative Counter

CCCH

Common Control Channel

CCM

Common Chassis Management

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CER

Capabilities Exchange Request (Diameter Setup)

CFC

Call Final Class

CFCQ

Call Final Class Qualifier

C/I

Carrier-to-Interference Power Ratio

CIM

Circuit Interface Module

CLI

Command Line Interface

CM

Configuration Management

CMAS

Commercial Mobile Alert System

CMC

Connection Mobility Control

CMIP

Client Mobile IP

CN

Core Network

CNFG

Configuration

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CP

Cyclic Prefix

C-plane

Control Plane

CPRI

Common Public Radio Interface

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CQI

Channel Quality Indicator

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

C-RNTI

Cell RNTI

CS

Circuit Switched

CSFB

Circuit Switch Fall back Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:4

CTM-HSSPC

Controller Turbo Mode - High Speed Serial Protocol Controller (Xilinx IP)

CU

Controller Unit

D d2U

Digital 2 Unit

d4U

Digital 4 Unit

DCCH

Dedicated Control Channel

DCI

Downlink Control Information

DER

Discrete Event Registration

DF

Delivery Function

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DL

Downlink

DL-SCH

Downlink Shared channel

DO

CDMA Data Only

DNS

Domain Name Server

DPH

Data Protocol Handler

DPI

Deep Packet Inspection

DRA

Diameter Proxy Agent

DRA&PS

Dynamic Resource Allocation & Packet Scheduling

DRB

Data Radio Bearer carrying user plane data

DRX

Discontinuous Reception

DS1

Digital Signal level 1 (1.544 Mbit/s)

DSC

Dynamic Service Controller

DSCH

Downlink Shared Channel

DSCP

Differentiated Services Code Point

DTCH

Dedicated Traffic Channel

DTR

Dual Transceiver

DTX

Discontinuous Transmission

DWR

Device Watchdog Request (heartbeat)

E E1

Standard European PCM link (2.048 Mbit/s)

eAT

Evolved Access Terminal Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:5

EBI

EPS Bearer ID

eBTS

Enhanced Base Transceiver Station

ECM

EPS Connection Management

E-DCH

Enhanced Dedicated Channel

EDGE

Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

EF

Expedited Forwarding

eHRPD

Evolved High Rate Packet Data

EIR

Equipment Identity Register

ELP

ECP Location Services Protocol

EML

Element Management Level

EMM

EPS Mobility Management

EMS

Element Management System

eNodeB (eNB)

Evolved NodeB

EPC

Evolved Packet Core

ePDSN

Evolved Packet Data Serving Node

EPS

Evolved Packet System

eRNC

Evolved Radio Network Controller

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

ESM

Evolved Session Management

E-SMLC

EPS Serving Mobile Location Center

eUTRAN

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

EVDO

Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data Only

F FA

Foreign Agent

FBC

Flow Based Charging

FCAPS

Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security

FDD

Frequency Division Duplex

FDM

Frequency Division Multiplexing

FFS

For Future Study

FM

Fault Management

FRS

Feature Requirements Specification

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:6

FS

Frame Selection

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

G GBR

Guaranteed Bit Rate

GERAN

GSM EDGE Radio Access Network

GGSN

Gateway GPRS Support Node

GMLC

Gateway Mobile Location Center

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

GSM

Global System for Mobile

GTP

GPRS Tunneling Protocol

GTP-C

GPRS Tunneling Protocol - Control

GTP-U

GPRS Tunneling Protocol - User

GUI

Graphical User Interface

GUMMEI

Globally Unique MME Identifier

GUTI

Globally Unique Temporary Identity

H HA

Home Agent

HARQ

Hybrid ARQ

HO

Handover

H-PCRF

Home PCRF

H-PLMN

Home PLMN

HRPD

High Rate Packet Data

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access

HSGW

HRPD Serving Gateway

HSPD

High Speed Packet Data

HSPP

High Speed Packet Processor

HSRP

Hot Standby Router Protocol

HSS

Home Subscriber Server

HSSL

High Speed Serial Link Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:7

HSSPC

High Speed Serial Protocol Controller

HW

Hardware

I ICIC

Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

IE

Information element

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IM

Instant Messaging

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identifier

IMS

IP Multimedia Subsystems

IMSI

International Mobile Station Identifier

IP

Internet Protocol

IPBH

Internet Protocol Back Haul

IPM

IP Manager

IPMI

Intelligent Platform Management Interface

IPSec

Internet Protocol Security

I-RAT

Inter-Radio Access Technology

IRI

Intercept Related Information

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

J JMS

Java Message Service

K KPI

Key Performance Indicator

L L1

Layer 1

L2

Layer 2

L3

Layer 3

LA

Location Area

LAI

Location Area Identity Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:8

LB

Load Balancing

LVI

LVI Application Function

LBI

Linked EPS Bearer Identity

LBO

Local Break Out

LBS

Location Based Service

LCID

Logical Channel Identifier

LCP

Linux Control Platform

LCR

Low Chip Rate

LCS

LoCation Services

LDAC

Load Distribution and Access Control

LEA

Law Enforcement Agency

LED

Light-emitting Diode

LEMF

Law Enforcement Monitoring Function

LI

Lawful Interception

LIF

LVI Interface Function

LMA

Local Mobility Anchor

LMT

Local Maintenance Terminal

LPP

LTE Positioning Protocol

LR

Location Request

LRF

Location Retrieval Function

LSN

Local Secure Network

LTE

Long Term Evolution

LVI

LTE Voice Interworking

M MAC

Medium Access Control

MAF

MME Application Function

MAG

Mobility Access Gateway

MBMS

Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service

Mbps

Megabits per second

MBR

Maximum Bit Rate

MCC

Mobile Country Code

MCCH

Multicast Control Channel

MCE

Multicast Control Entity Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:9

MCM

Media Conversion Module

MCS

Modulation and Coding Scheme

MEI

Mobile Equipment Identifier

META

Mobile Evolution Transport Architecture

MGW

Media Gateway

MI

Management Interface

MIB

Management Information Base

MIF

MME Interface Function

MIMO

Multiple Input Multiple Output

MIP

Mobile Internet Protocol

MLS

Multi-Layer Switch

MM

Mobility Management

MME

Mobility Management Entity

MMEC

MME Code

MMEGI

MME Group Id

MMEI

MME Identifier

MNC

Mobile Network Code

MO

Mobile Origination

MO

Managed Object

MPLS

Multi-Protocol Label Switching

MSC

Mobile Switching Center

MSIN

Mobile Subscriber Identification Number

MT

Mobile Termination

MTCH

MBMS Traffic Channel

MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit

MU

Modem Unit

N NACK

Non-Acknowledgement

NAPTR

Name Authority Pointer

NAS

Non-Access Stratum

NBI

Northbound Interface

NE

Network Element (AGW or ENB)

NEL

Network Element Level Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:10

NEM

Network Element Manager

NML

Network Management Level

NMS

Network Management System

NSA

National Security Agreement

NTP

Network Time Protocol

O OA&M (OAM)

Operations, Administration, and Maintenance

OCAN

Offline Configuration of Access Networks

OCS

Online Charging System

OFCS

Offline Charging System

OFDM

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OFDMA

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access

OMC

Operations Management Centre

OMC-RAN

Operations and Maintenance Center – Radio Access Network

OMP

Operations and Management Platform

OOS

Out of Service

OS

Operating System

OSS

Operations Support System

P PA

Power Amplifier

PAPR

Peak-to-Average Power Ratio

PBCH

Physical Broadcast Channel

PBR

Prioritized Bit Rate

PCC

Policy and Charging Control/Policy Control and Charging

PCCH

Paging Control Channel

PCEF

Policy and Charging Enforcement Function

PCFICH

Physical Control Format Indicator Channel

PCI

Physical Cell Identifier

PCMD

Per Call Measurement Data

PCRF

Policy and Charging Rules Function

PDCCH

Physical Downlink Control Channel Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:11

PDCP

Packet Data Context Protocol

PDN

Packet Data Network

PDP

Packet Data Protocol

PDSN

Packet Data Serving Node

PDU

Packet Data Unit

PEF

Policy Enforcement Function

PEM

Power Entry Module

PGW (P-GW)

Packet Gateway (Packet Data Network Gateway)

PHICH

Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel

PHY

Physical layer

PIM

Packet Interface Module

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network

PM

Performance Management

PM

Performance Measurements

PMC

Performance Measurement Counter

PMIP

Proxy Mobile IP

PO

Processor Occupancy

PPP

Point to Point Protocol

PRB

Physical Resource Block

PS

Packet Switched

PSAP

Public Safety Answering Point

PSC

Packet Scheduling

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

PTM-MC

Point-to-Multipoint, Multi-Cell

PTM-SC

Point-to-Multipoint, Single-Cell

Q QAM

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QCI

QoS Class Identifier

QoS

Quality of Service

QRM

Quality and Reliability Measurements

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R RA

Routing Area

RAC

Radio Admission Control

RACH

Random Access Channel

RA-RNTI

Random Access RNTI

RAN

Radio Access Network

RAT

Radio Access Technology

RAU

Routing Area Update

RB

Radio Bearer

RBAC

Role-Based Access Control

RBC

Radio Bearer Control

RBP

Rack Back Plane

RCC

Reliable Cluster Computing

ReM

Redundancy Manager

RF

Radio Frequency

RFC

Request For Comments

RLC

Radio Link Control

RMT

Remote Maintenance Terminal

RNC

Radio Network Controller

RNL

Radio Network Layer

RNTI

Radio Network Temporary Identifier

R-OCM

Reverse - Optical Control Module

ROHC

Robust Header Compression

RQMS

Reliability and Quality Measurements for Telecommunications Systems

RRC

Radio Resource Control

RRH

Remote Radio Head

RRM

Radio Resource Management

RTM

Rear Transmission Module

RTT

Radio Transmission Technology

RU

Resource Unit

RUC

Rack User Commissioning

RX

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S S1-MME

S1 for the control plane

S1-U

S1 for the user plane

SACK

SCTP Acknowledgement

SAE

System Architecture Evolution

SAM

Service Aware Manager

SAP

Service Access Point

SAR

Service Aggregation Router

SC-FDMA

Single Carrier - Frequency Division Multiple Access

SCH

Synchronization Channel

SCM

System Control Module

SCP

Secure Copy

SCTP

Stream Control Transmission Protocol

SDF

Service Data Flow

SDM

Subscriber DB Manager

SDMA

Spatial Division Multiple Access

SDU

Service Data Unit

SFM

Switch Fabric Module

SFN

Single Frequency Network

sFTP

Secure File Transfer Protocol

SGSN

Serving GPRS Support Node

SGW (S-GW)

Serving Gateway

SGW

Signaling Gateway

ShMC

Shelf Management Controller

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol

SLOAM

Slave Operation and Administration

SM

Security Management

SM

Session Management

SMC

Security Mode Command

SMS

Short Message Service

S-NAPTR

Straightforward Name Authority Pointer

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNS

Shared Network Services Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:14

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SOL

Serial Over LAN

SON

Self-Organizing Network

SPR

Subscription Profile Repository

SR

Service Router

SRNS

Serving Radio Network Subsystem

SRS

Sounding Reference Signal

SRV

DNS Service Record

SRVCC

Single Radio Voice Call Continuity

SSH

Secure Shell

S-TMSI

S-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

SU

Scheduling Unit

SU

Software Update

SW

Software

T TA

Tracking Area

TAC

Tracking Area Code

TAI

Tracking Area Identity

TAS

Telephony Application Server

TAU

Tracking Area Update

TB

Transport Block

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TDD

Time Division Duplex

TEID

Tunnel Endpoint Identifier

TFT

Traffic Flow Template

TIPC

Transparent Inter Process Communication

TM

Transparent Mode

TMN

Telecommunication Management Network

TMSI

Temporary Mobile Station Identity

TNL

Transport Network Layer

TRDU

Transmit Receive Duplex Unit

TTI

Transmission Time Interval

TX

Transmit Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent. All rights reserved. Page A:15

U UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UE

User Equipment

UL

Uplink

ULBO

Uplink Buffer Occupancy

ULR

Update Locate Request

UM

Un-acknowledge Mode

UMB

Ultra Mobile Broadband

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

UPA

User plane Application

U-plane

User plane

USIM

Universal Subscriber Identity Module

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

UTRAN

Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

V VCC

Voice Call Continuity

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

VLR

Visitor Location Register

VoIMS

Voice over IMS

VoIP

Voice over IP

V-PCRF

Visited PCRF

V-PLMN

Visited PLMN

VRB

Virtual Resource Block

VRRP

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

W WAP

Wireless Access Protocol

W-CDMA

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WiMAX

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

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X X2-C

X2-Control plane

X2-U

X2-User plane

xCCM-U

Extended Core Controller Module Unit

xCEM-U

Extended Channel Element Module Unit

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XMS

Extended Management System

Y Z

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